He was a lay person, a theologian, a theological educator, an advocate for justice on a broad global scale, but also in the nitty-gritty details of things like the situation of hotel workers in the city of Toronto," said Archdeacon Michael Thompson, general secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada. "He was very tuned in to the sense of God's justice and compassion."

Thompson, who first met Lind in the 1980s, when the latter was a tutor at Trinity College, described him as a "determinedly lay person" who undoubtedly had a lot of invitations to become an ordained leader but chose to excel in lay ministry.

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Thompson recalled a workshop that Lind conducted on "justice for the earth and the earth's peoples.

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Lind energized many participants with his idea that "care for the earth and for the peoples of the earth is really a seamless reflection of God's care," said Thompson.

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"There he was again, in the community of the baptized, working at Christian formation," said Thompson.

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Thompson and Lind recalled Lind's playful side.

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"Last summer at Sorrento, I saw the side of Chris that could almost be corny," said Thompson, who said that Lind had taken part in a skit.

He was a lay person, a theologian, a theological educator, an advocate for justice on a broad global scale, but also in the nitty-gritty details of things like the situation of hotel workers in the city of Toronto," said Archdeacon Michael Thompson, general secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada. "He was very tuned in to the sense of God's justice and compassion."

Thompson, who first met Lind in the 1980s, when the latter was a tutor at Trinity College, described him as a "determinedly lay person" who undoubtedly had a lot of invitations to become an ordained leader but chose to excel in lay ministry.

...

Thompson recalled a workshop that Lind conducted on "justice for the earth and the earth's peoples.

...

Lind energized many participants with his idea that "care for the earth and for the peoples of the earth is really a seamless reflection of God's care," said Thompson.

...

"There he was again, in the community of the baptized, working at Christian formation," said Thompson.

...

Thompson and Lind recalled Lind's playful side.

...

"Last summer at Sorrento, I saw the side of Chris that could almost be corny," said Thompson, who said that Lind had taken part in a skit.

The Episcopal Church in the United States' Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) agency is expected to also fund the office over a three-year period, said Archdeacon Michael Thompson, the Anglican Church of Canada's general secretary.
"What a wonderful rich network of Anglicans working together to make a new thing happen," Thompson said in his report to the spring meeting of CoGS March 14 to 17.

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Thompson said the relationship between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Cuban diocese is an example of "faithful partnership in a global communion.
The relationship began when former primate Archbishop Ted Scott "took an interest in how the Cuban church, separated from its province [the American Episcopal Church] by the economic blockade and travel restrictions, could sustain a sense of participation in the wider Anglican Communion," he said.

This relationship involves Canadian leadership in the Metropolitan Council of Cuba, "which offers support and counsel to the bishop and people of the Cuban church," explained Thompson.

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Thompson acts as secretary of the Metropolitan Council, which typically meets a day before the Cuba diocese's annual synod.

The diocese of Cuba's music festival, which some Canadian Anglicans have supported through "Gifts for Mission," the Anglican Church of Canada's gift guide to support ministries in Canada and overseas, is having a positive impact, Thompson also reported.
Held for a week each summer in the Anglican cathedral in Havana, the festival "has had a dramatic impact on the song of the church, a song that we encountered and that lifted our spirits at the diocesan synod," he said.

"Our church welcomes this opportunity to share the benefits of Canon Kawuki Mukasa's experience as a bridge-builder between African and North American Anglicans," said Archdeacon Michael Thompson, general secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada. "We are delighted that his wisdom and insight can serve the wider church."